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Time for a change this Autumn!
Time for a change this Autumn; are you fed up with the ‘same old same old’?
Do you struggle to think of new activity ideas? Are you fed up of doing the same ideas every Autumn? Well, why not think about the more unusual events that happen during Autumn like ‘Talk like a pirate day’, ‘Hug a bear day’ or even ‘World Food Day’.
Talk like a pirate day
- Maybe get everyone dressing up as a pirate for the day.
- Make treasure maps - go on a hunt with clues
- Bury treasure in the sand pit.
- Create a…
Everyone can manage 5 minutes of music a day!
Are you not quite ready for a 20 minute music time? What about 5 minutes of music each day instead?
Here are some suggestions for the next week. Just pick one idea for each day:
Monday
- Pick a nursery rhyme the children know well
- Choose a new simple song to teach the children. Sing just the first verse to them. Ask the children to just join in with the missing word at the end of each phrase. e.g. twinkle twinkle little ….. (star)
- Play a piece of music to the children and ask them to m…
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